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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
The site is centred on the lower Mangoky river, 30 km south of Manja. Hills and mountains alternate with more or less flat areas. The main rivers in the area are the Mangoky, Sakanavaka and Sakavoay. The vegetation is composed of dense, dry deciduous forest, degraded in parts, and the most common trees are baobabs
Adansonia. Areas of savanna also occur, sometimes with scattered trees of
Sclerocarya,
Stereospermum,
Celastrus,
Tamarindus, and palms
Bismarckia.
See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. Sixty-one species are known from the site, of which 40 are endemic to Madagascar. Ankazoabo Forest holds of the species that are characteristic of spiny forest. A species of
Monticola found in the Mangoky canyons is not certainly identified but could be
Monticola bensoni. Species of global conservation concern include
Tachybaptus pelzelnii,
Ardeola idae,
Lophotibis cristata,
Accipiter madagascariensis and
Accipiter henstii.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Bush-fires are the only threat noted.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mangoky-Ankazoabo Complex NPA (Madagascar). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mangoky-ankazoabo-complex-npa-iba-madagascar on 23/12/2024.
